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Epiphyte

Epiphyte

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Okay this may be a stupid question to some, however I'm not entirely sure myself.

My shrimp tank which I set up to breed RCS (so far unsuccessfully) has done a far better job at "breeding" Christmas moss. It's growing like wildfire and is really dense and healthy.

This means weekly I'm left with a fair chunk of Christmas moss which I'd like to keep hold of for an upcoming project.

What's the best way to store it? Just in a jug of tap water at room temp? Does it need to be in a filtered water source (i.e tank) or perhaps in RO?

Need to store it for maybe a few months as I think up my next tank.

Thanks!
 
Epiphyte said:
Lid off I assume?
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Depends, if rainy climate, humidity is usually decent even with most indoor heating systems and that base of water will generate localized humidity and moss is short (unlike a tall stem or echinodorus etc)

You can also choose a lidded container (clear top) and then add less base water

You might also consider a very dilute fertilizer spray (think the DOOA fertilizer mist) used occasionally (again depends on the water base, eg, my tap is pretty much rainwater so it’s not supporting much growth)
 
Fissidens fontanus, a year old, stored lightly damp in a plastic container in the cabinet under the tank in the dark at room temp:

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Will be using it this week. Christmas moss does better in the fridge for that length of period.

Must emphasise the ‘lightly damp’ and dark conditions though @Epiphyte .
 
In a jar on a windowcill without a lot of sunlight. I have some in in a old candle jar growing emmersed just cut back every so often. Been there several years. A goldfish bowl low water level with small wood or stone in can make a nice decoration while you use it
 
I have some Fissidens Geppi that i'd like to do the same with but i'm unsure of the trimming, It's growing well in the tank and I'd like to use it in a few other areas. Do i just trim off with scissors and put it all together?
I'm picturing it all breaking up into small pieces when i try to reattach it?

Bit off subject, sorry op!

Cheers
 
Geoffrey Rea said:
Fissidens fontanus, a year old, stored lightly damp in a plastic container in the cabinet under the tank in the dark at room temp:

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Will be using it this week. Christmas moss does better in the fridge for that length of period.

Must emphasise the ‘lightly damp’ and dark conditions though @Epiphyte .
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Really? A year in the dark and its not rotted away to goop? That's incredible, I didn't even know that was possible (every day's a school day!)
 
Wookii said:
Really? A year in the dark and its not rotted away to goop? That's incredible, I didn't even know that was possible (every day's a school day!)
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You’re far more likely to kill fissidens fontanus from loving the stuff to death when storing than by neglecting it from experience.
 
Fissidens is practically indestructible. It can survive for months, maybe much longer, in a desiccated state and spring back to life given suitable conditions again.
 
Fissidens is practically indestructible. It can survive for months, maybe much longer, in a desiccated state and spring back to life given suitable conditions again.
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Pretty much tortured Fissidens in every conceivable way except with fire Tim, it always comes back. Jet washed manzanita with fissidens attached, painted wood with neat 2% glutaraldehyde, left it to bake for a few days in the summer heat (summer temps got to 38C in the shade), put the dried manzi in a sealed barrel in the garage through the remainder of summer, autumn and a very cold winter with zero light. Reused that manzi in spring, fissidens came back on the wood in the new scape from the tiniest bits still attached to the wood. You would have expected the DNA to have been severely damaged through that lot but evidence says otherwise.

Suffice to say have only ever bought one Tropica propagation pad and all the fissidens fontanus on the journals are from that one pad. The advice I can give if you want to store some fissidens, rip it out of the tank, squeeze it so it’s not sodden but slightly damp, place in a dry sealed tub in your aquarium cabinet away from any light and reuse when you want to. With Christmas moss do the same but store it in the fridge. Java moss put it in the freezer, that stuff does fine in ponds that freeze in winter. If you have a sandwich box put the Java moss in it and fill with water then freeze into a block. Defrost when you want it. Tends to do a lot better this way than if you just put it in a ziplock bag. Moss on demand.
 
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